9765. Adulteration of shell eggs.    U. S.     *     *     *     v. Eli R. Williams (Wil¬
liams Produce Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. No. 11961. 
I. S. No. 8606-r.)
On May 24, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of North Dakota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against Eli R. Williams, 
trading as the Williams Produce Co., Fargo, N. D., alleging shipment by said 
defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 8, 1919, 
from the State of North Dakota into the State of Minnesota, of a quantity of 
shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination of 10 cases, 180 eggs from each case, of the article by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this department showed the presence of 229, or 12.7 per 
cent, inedible eggs, consisting of black rots, mixed or white rots, moldy eggs, 
spot rots, and heavy blood rings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed animal 
substance.
On August 26, 1921, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.